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WEATHER FORECAST
OREGON: Generally fair tonight
and Wednesday, cloudy on coast;
continued mild.
Roseburg and vicinity: Generally
fair aud mild tonight and Wednes
day. VOL. XXXI NO. 101 OF ROSEBURG
Editorials
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
ITHEN you think of a telegraphic
" dispatch, you think instinctive
ly of a little instrument about the
size of a cigar box, with one side
left open, clicking its message In
the slow Morse code to the edu
cated ear of a human operator.
When you think of an answer to
a telegram you think of this same
operator pounding it out on a key
with the trained second finger of
his right hand.
You think thus because of habit.
vrU would find it Interesting to
pay a visit to the telegraph
room of this newspaper.
You will find there two machines
about the size fef a small electric
stove. To the accompaniment of
v. birring motors, these machines
type messages on an endless roll of
paper at about the speed of a good
btenographer.
They are operated from the Send
ing end by a perforated paper tape
which Is fed into the sending ma
chine. A N EVEN more astonishing nia
chine will be in use in news
paper establishments before long.
It will connect these automatic
telegraph machines with the lino
type machines on which the type is
set, so.thut the operalor sending,
perhaps, from New York, will actu
ally set the type In the composing
room of the News-Review, here in
Uoseburg.
This one operalor, possibly thou
sands of miles away, will set the
type in the composing room of
EVERY NEWSPAPER connected
with the circuit.
F YOU are of middle age, you
think of a newspaper press as a
machine Into which an operator
feeds sheets of paper one at a time,
to be printed slowly and later fold
ed either by hand or on- another
rather slow machine.
The press on which this news
paper, which you are now reading,
is printed takes paper In an end
less belt from large rolls at one
cnil r.nd turns out finished news
papers, all ready for the carriers, at
the other end.
It is controlled entirely by an
electrical mechanism operated by
controls under the fingers of the
press foreman.
THE press on which the Rose
burg newspapers were first
printed produced about a thousand
papers per hour.
The press w hich prints this news
paper which you are now reading
will produce three thousand coin-
(Continued on page 4')
opfn FORUM ON NORTH UMPQUA
SUPER ROAD
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Salient Factors of Important Issue to Be Decided by Voters of
Roseburg and Vicinity at the Primary Election to Be
Held Friday, May 10.
By E. V. HOOVER
(Mayor of City of Roseburg) ,
Eastern Oregon, Reedsport and Coo. Bay district, are all vitally
concerned in the North Umpqua road, because it l.nk. up these tern
tories and provides for the development of the resources of
Diamond and Crater lake, have pos.lbilitie. of becoming the most
popular parks in the country if opened up by .u.table "0-
Dougla. county should take some action to .hare in the money
being appropriated by the federal government for forest road construction.
Not only Roseburg and Douglas
county, but all of eastern Oregon.
Reedsport and Coos Ray territories
are vitally concerned with the com
pletion of the North Umpqua road,
for this road provides a connect
ing link with these ports and the
outstanding possibilities along the
highway and all of eastern Oregon.
If any citizen, whether for or
against the road, has not had the
pleasure or the opportunity to
make a visual survey vl the road,
he has missed much. Certainly
a person who has not seen the
road does not know its wonderful
attractions is in no position to say
that it should not be built.
Diamond and Crater lakes are
REVIEW
Red"
SECRET JUST
Cadet Football Star Took
Louisiana Girl for His
. Bride at Gretna in
' August of 1928. k
Action. First Denied, Now
Admitted Demand for
His Resignation Is
Complied With.
f ARml.itiHl rrpra Iako(1 Wire)
WEST POINT, N. Y., May 13.
Cadet Christian Keener Cagle re
signed today from the United
States military academy after pre
senting a certificate Baying that he
was married. The resignation was
requested by Major General Wil
liam R. Smith, superintendent of
the academy, and was forwarded at
once to the war department at
Washington.
Information concerning Cagle's
marriage In Oretna, Louisiana, Aug.
25, 1928, contained in an Associated
Press 'dispatch, ' was the first de
tailed evidence received at West
Point. It was understood that fol
lowing) an investigation of rumors,
Cagle had explicitly drilled being
married.
Marriage by any cadet is strictly
prohibited by the regulations and,
after every leave or furlough, la
obliged to sign a certificate guar
anteeing he has done nothing in
violation of the rules.
It was recalled Cagle over-stayed
a Christmas holiday furlough in
1928 and was disciplined by assign
ment to three months extra guard
duty.
NEW ORLEANS. May 13. Rec
ords in the court at Gretna, Jeffer
son parish, Louisiana, today reveal
ed that Christian Keener Cagle, the
"red head" army football slar, and
Continued on page 8, Story 1
KIWANIS MAGAZINE
BOOSTS ROSEBURG
The current Issue of the Klwanis
mngazine, which goes to every Kl
wanian in the United States and
Canada, carries a two-page spread
devoted to the activities of the
Itoseburg Klwanis club. The story,
furnished by the agricultural com
mittee of the local club, deals with
the farm program which has been
carried on locally.
The Roseburg club several years
apo started a program of meeting
with the granges of the county In
joint programs, and the results
were such that clubs all over the
! country have written for informa
tion on how the work was cameo
on. The Roseburg club is known
among all the clubs of the organi
zation for Its agricultural activities.
The Klwanis magazine, in devot
ing so much snace to this endeavor.
is Hiving Roseburg some excellent
publicity. The article Is illustrated
with pictures of the farm picnics
and grange meetings.
DISTRICT PROJECT
without question among the most
scenic and pleasurable beauty
spots of the world.
I have visited these wonderful
beauty spots, and have traveled
through national parks all over
the United States, and 1 find at
these resorts ad van t aces and pos
sibilities surpassed by no other
park. Certainly this is a great as
set to Pounlas county.
Diamond lake is within the
boundaries of this county and will.
If the voters will lend a supportinr
hand, make one of the best and
finest scenic resorts of the west.
There are already to be found mod-
Continued on page 6. Story 2
HIARRIAGE IN
Coin Aiding Labor and Civic
Cagle
S
FAMOUS IN FIVE
FIELDS OF WORK
Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, famous as
an Arctic explorer, author, zoolo
gist, diplomat and humanitarian,
who died today in his native land
of Norway. He was a member of
numerous scientific and geographi
cal societies and was an honorary
member of St.. Andrews university,
Scotland.
LI
SSI
SAN" FRANCISCO, May 13. A
first degree murder charge was
placed today apainst J. Warren
button, 3(1, wealthy Mendocino
county rancher, following the
death last night of 20-year-old Rob
ert Arnolde, taxi-driver, shot five
times by the rancher while riding
In the youth's cab.
Arnolde, a bridegroom of less
than six months, died at Ml. Zion
hospital with his mother and 10-year-old
bride at his bedside.
The apparently unprovoked at
tack occurred early yesterday as
Arnolde was driving Dutton up
Powell Btreet to a fashionable Nob
hill apartment. Without warning,
Dutton drew his revolver and sent
five bullets Into the youth's body.
Young Arnolde collapsed and the
cab crashed into a building. The
rancher fled, but surrendered a
short time later.
At police headquarters, Dutton
described the shooting and became
hysterical. lie struggled furiously
when officers attempted to put him
In a cell, ripping a telephone from
the wall and shouting threats.
Hours of questioning failed to
elicit a coherent story and the rea
son for the attack still remained
unexplained.
Dutton's .wife, the former Kalh
erine Fletcher of San Rafael,
brought suit for divorce at I'kiah
three months ago, charging men
tal and physical cruelty. She was
admitted as a patier at the Uni
versity of California hospital a few
days ago. Dutton is a member of
the pioneer Solano county family
which founded Dutton's landing.
Caspar Ornabaun, San Francisco
attorney who Is associated with
Dutton In the Greenwood ranch on
the Greenwood ranch on the Men
docino coast, said Dutton would
enter a "not guilty by reason of
Insanity" plea when Arraigned.
Dutton, he said, was a frequent
sufferer of hallucinations and prob
ably was the victim of one when
he shot Arnolde.
YOUTH SUICIDES
BECAUSE SCOLDED
CHICAGO. May 13. Harold
Weinstetn. 13-year-old school boy,
hanced himself in the cellar of his
home yesterday aftfr being repri
manded by his school teacher.
An unusually bright student,
Harold had never before been crit
icized for his deportment, his
mother said. His offense was re
citing before being called upon.
His teacher and the assist ant
princlpal of the school were sum
moned to the inquest today.
GIRL DIES AFTER
ACCIDENTAL SHOT
BOISE, Idaho. May 13. Ruth
Andreyg, 8, of Pry Creek, Idaho,
died in a honpital today from shock
and loss of blood suffered after her
leg was shot almost off by a gun
with which her older brothers were
shooting macpies.
She stepped In front of the gun
as her brother fired.
PL Av, tis
THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY
ROSEBURG. OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1930.
Dismissed From West Point
DEATH TAKES-
Norwegian Explorer Also
Widely Noted for His '
' Writings and Work
as Humanitarian.
Diplomatic Post Formerly
Held and Nobel Peace j
Prize Gained for j
His Services. (
f Asiwclattt) Press l.cawil Wire)
OSLO, Norway. May 13. Dr.
Fridtjof Nansen, famous explorer
and humanitarian, died here today.
He was 68 years of age.
He recently started new plans
to make a dash to the North Pole
next year in the dirigible Graf
Zeppelin.
One of the famous citizens of
Norway, Dr. Fridtjof Nansen had
a distinguished career as an ex
plorer, zoologist, diplomat, humani
tarian and author, and while he
achieved notable successes in all
those fields, he was perhapR best
known for his expeditions Into the
Arctic regions.
Science was enriched by his ex
plorations and his work as a zooio
gist; his country profiled b-'rhis
experience during his service as a
diplomat; the lives of hundreds
were saved or least their condi
tions ameliorated by his relief
work after the World war, and the
world generally was enlightened
by his writings. Tho far-reaching
effect of all his works was Indicat
ed by numerous honors and decora
tions bestowed upon him by coun
tries In all parts of the world.
In 1889 Dr. Nansen married Eva
Sars, a noted singer and daughter
of Professor Michael Sars of
Christiania university. They hud
five children. Mrs. Nansen died
In 1907 and twelve years later the
Continued on page 6, Story 3
MRS. CORNUTT, 1852
PIONEER, PASSES
Mrs. Sultena Jane Cornutt, Ore
con pioneer of 1S52 and widow of
the late John D. Cornutt, died this
morning at her home in Riddle at
the age of SO years. A native of
Piatt count y, M issouri, M rs. Cor
nutt, in her infancy, crossed the
plains 7s years ago with her fam
ily, which settled on South Deer
creek, east of Roseburg, where
they lived for 15 years. She moved
to Riddle following her marriage in
1ST 5 to .Mr. Cornutt, who passed
away June 5, 1929.
Surviving Mrs. 'Cornutt are two
sons and a daughter, T. H. and J. M.
Cornutt of Riddle, and Mrs. Minnie
Jackson of Los Angeles, Calif. She
also leaves a sister, Mrs. Adeline
Oden, and a brother Perry Duncan,
alsoseven grandchildren. Mrs. Cor
nutt was a life-long member of the
Methodist church. The funeral will
be held Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock, from the Community
church at Riddle, with services
conducted by Rev. Mr. Hall. Inter
ment will follow In Riddle ceme
tery. Arrangements are In charge
of M. K. Ritter of the Roseburi;
Undertaking parlors, to which
place the remains have been
brought.
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ONE KILLED, FOUR
WOUNDED IN FIGHT
fAiunriatM Prww Tw1 Win)
DUNCAN. Okla.. May 13. Police
today sought Jeff Cunningham as
the aftermath or a gun battle near
here last night In which one f
Cunningham's brothers was killed,
and two other brothers and two
officers wounded.
A group of officers, seeking two
men who earlier had committed a
robbery, halted an automobile they
said was occupied by the brothers
at Marlow junction, near Duncan.
Occupants of the automobile
fired at their approach. Wall Wil
liams. Stephens county sheriff, and
It. II. Gossett, chief of police of
Duncan, wore wounded.
Forrest Cunningham, one of the
men in the car, was killed. John
Cunningham was severely wound
ed and Is not expected to recovrr.
Manuel Cunninebam was Injured
less severely. Jeff Cunningham es
caped during the fight, the officers
said.
DH.IH!
ARCTIC FAME
Growth Vote jor the North Umpqua Road District May 16
Courthouse
tV f) 1-' vi!- f . - 1 n h1
r v NtfHH h 'i I a fr ' ijt$ ' :
lelephoto at top rIiows courthouse at Shi'rnmu county. I exas. after being fired by a mob last Friday
in its el tort to gel u negro who had contesHed to amtiiull lug a white wnnan-lhe wtte of a hmner. Lower
photo shows firemen fighting the blaze, with the mob nt (he left in lite background. Tim courthouse wutf
valued at ?i0,(iini. Owing to the fact that troops who nlteiupted to protect the negro were al lacked by
the mob, the official Inquiry now In progress is of m Hilary clmiiicter. Twenty-eight alleged parllclpants
In the attack have been arrested, The negro, (ieor;;o llu;;hc!, It, died In a vault in the courthouse, where
officers had placed htm in their attempt to protect him from the angry crowd which stormed the buildlncs
for hours. The mob finally fired the building and later obtained the negro's body from the ruiiiH and
burned II in. the negro settlement. Then the mob wrecked three blocks of homes in the negro quarter of
the city.
(AKK.wiiil.--l 'ns I.rjM. Win-)
Mahatma Gandhi's Sholapur le
gions today seized that city of
119,5X1 population and swiftly
brought upon themselves a state
of maVtial law with the investiture
of the city by government troops.
The natives set up swaraJ (self
government) in tteiiance of HriiMi
dominion.
The Pom bay government sum
moned a special session at Mahab
nleshwar, summer capital, to deal
with the extraordinary crisis.
While Dr. Sarojinl Naiilu and
Manila) Gandhi prepared to launch
saR raids on government depots,
Abbas Tyabji. Gandhi's successor,
whom Dr. Naidu succeeded, and
numerous other leaders were sen
tenced to terms of Imprisonment
ranging from six mouths In Tyab
jl's case to three years of rigorous
servitude In that of other distur
bers. A general hardening of the gov
ernment's attitude on all sides was
evident today.
POLICE TRYING TO
FIND IOWA FIEND
f .Wi-iufc! !'r.-t Wire)
DKS MOINKK. Iowa. May 1?..
Intensive search continued today
for the slayer of Kvelyn Lee, 9
yearold school girl. Her body
was fouml In a wooded neetfon on
the outskirts of the city lale yes
terday. Police centered their hunt today
on one man whom they did not
name.
CREEK SWEEPS BOY
FROM HIS MOTHER
FORT WORTH. Tex., May 13
Junior Mi-Durmett. 7, son of Mr.
and Mrs. F G. McDurmett. was
drowned last night w hen he w as
swept from the arms of his mother
as stie was trviti? to carry him io;
safety after the family had a ban-
doned their home, near Sycamore
creek, which was swollen by heavy
rain. The body has not been recovered.
Sacrificed to Fury
ti'
COLLEEN MOORE OF
FILMS DIVORCED
LOS ANGFLKS, May III. Col
leen Moore of the films, was grant
ed a decree oT divorce In superior
court today from John II. McCor
mick, film produce)', whom she
charged with cruelty. McCormlck,
whom the petite actress married in
August, 19!i:t. did not appear lo con
test the suit.
Colleen spent half an hour on
the witness stand testifying to as
serted mental cruelties and liumll
tations suffered from her husband.
She asserted he repeatedly insult
ed her uuests, broke social engage
ments, and was "In an ugly mood
during the whole of their Knropcan
tour last year.
"I always hesitated to ask
friends to our house," Colleen be
gan her test imony. "hecause I
knew what Mr. McCormlck would
say to them. He always was mak
ing dihparging remarks about them
in their presence. I le would say
they bored him aud that Ihe.t did
nol hve good
apologized."
taste. He never'
C. M. MYNATT RUNS
FOR LEGISLATURE
Friends of C. M. Mynatt or Rid
dle have Kent word to the News
Review that they plan on wrllhu
in his name for the nomination as
republienn candidate for reprcscu
talive from thU district. Hoth re
publicans ami democrats may nom
inate two ami two out of the four
!iouiinee('H will be chosen as rep
resentative candidate ut the gen
eral election in the fall. Ren
Nichols Ik the other republican can-1
ilidate for the nomination, and bin'
name will appear on the ballot. Mr.
Mynatt Is a graduate of the Salem
Miif i liens college, I ( Is a native
of Dotr.-la county and makes hl
borne at Itfddle. where he Is en- j
(.Mt d in latmiug.
Miss Thursman In Seattle Miss
Pert ha Thirrman. nurse at the
ltoebuiE Genera! bostiilal. left ear
)v tMn niorMjnc rr s. aitl
where
From
will visit with friend-
Seattle 0ic exnp't.s to take r trip
Into Prltish Columbia, being ah
xent from 'his city for about Iwo
weeks.
VOL. XXI
of Texas Mob
T
Gustenson, arrested Frl-
da ev
with possession of a still, was
sentenced to one year In the state
penitentiary, when arraigned today
before Circuit Judge J. V. Hamil
ton. The trip to the penitentiary
will be nothing new lo Gijsteusou,
who Is a "three-time loser," hav
ing served two terms from Coos
county, his last "hitch" bring for
a two-year period, t he officers
stale. GuHtciiKnu's son-in-law, L.
It. Rouse, who was arrested at the
same time, entered a idea of not
guilty. Guslenson taking side n
Nponnihilily for the outfit confis
cated by the officers. The still,
which had a SO gallon capacity, was
well outfitted, a portable gas gen
erator supplying beat, while all
m-cessary paraphenalfa for large
m-alc operation was found.
EX-EVANGELIST
NABBED WITH STILL
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., May
13.- Charles Gannon, 2. who told
police he had been an evangelist
In Oklahoma and a rodeo trick
roper in the states, wan under ur
rest here today chaigcd with potf-scs.-diig
a liquor still.
Garmon, when arrested by fed
eral authorities, said it was his
first arrest and that he wii.t "out
to make money the fastest way
without robbing."
BASEBALL
AMERICAN
Detroit
Itoston
Uatterh's: Herring a:
Rti.sel and Leny.
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A II i
....1 S I
1 Keusa
It H. K.
SI. Louis 1 5
N w York I S 0
J latteries: 'of man, Kimsey mid
Mnulon ; I loyt and la ngouh.
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Highest temperature yesterday SO
lowest te:nieraiiire las4i night 52
Precipitation last 21 hours "8
Total precip. for mouth 1.31
Defieiency since Sept. 1. J!3! 8.9:1
Kelntive humiilily 5 p. m. () 32
NO. 32 OF THE EVENING NEWS
M READY
IP llrtTIIAT
It MIUI
County Court Willing
to Advance Money
to Start North
Umpqua Task.
Boundary Lines Drawn for
Proposed Area Needs
Close Attention
at Election.
In tho event the voters decide
at the polls Friday to form tho
North Umpqua highway improve
ment district. It will be possible
to get the survey started this year.
County Judge Walter S. Hamilton
declared today.
The county court Is ready to
lake the same measures, with the
North Umpqua district as were
provided for the Drnin-Reodport
project. When the district is
created and the amount of the tax
to be levied is determined, tho
amount now being set for 2 mills,
the county court will advance to
the district the sum of money
lliat would he raised by this tax.
This Is not lo be taken permanent
ly from county funds', but is mere-
ly advanced to the district to ex
pedite getting the project, under
way. The county wilt reimburse
Itself for tho funds advnncetl when
the district lax Is collected.
Tills will make It possible, if
flie district "fs 'created to get a sur-"
vey made during the coming Sum
mer ami to secure estimates on the
probable cost, so that, work can
actually be started fhe following
year, provided the cooperation ba
si4 can be arranged. Ample time
will be given, under this arrange
ment, to get. all preliminary work
done in Mine for actual const ruc
tion du'inir the summer of 1931.
H?rd Task for Judges
Several of the voting precincts
fp divided bv the boundary lines
nf lto pmnosed super road district,
melting the task of the election
Judges difficult in declaring who
Is entitled to vote pnd-who is not.
Tn several places the line passes
through farms, where a part of tho
land is included, so thai the own
er who lives lust outside the lino
will not be able to vote, although
hi land v1 ! 1 1 be tnxed.
The we"t tine of the pronosfd
''tt rlct. follows the townahln
tin v.ftween rantres (i and 6 west,
....,i-.? , i(r )t jtoseburg to lake
(i-ufltory inside the city
Ti
fl"'l.S Kdenbower district
in
pec" Mar manner, I he lino,
striking due "ortb from the river
crones M'e retflc highway just
north of (bp TMverpMn store. pnss
lug east of Camp View, cVossfntr
Continued on paqe 6. Story 4
SEI7FD "LUMBER"
RICH BOOZE CARGO
Mwu-hilM !rw T-ii"m1 Win-"
CHICAGO. Mav Lt A cartond of
Mlumler" win seized bv federnl
nrohfbttton n rents in the TItinoU
Centrsil frelulit vardn vesterd'tv and
found to contain genuine whiskey
wi'b a bootleg value of $7" "00.
Information on v.h'ch Hip tz
lire was made was obtained, the
jeoniK f-ftd. In recent raids on the
fotton club, a cabaret In Cicero
owned bv Ralph Canon".
The enrgo cnnsl'-ted of- 1 OOfl
units of G. ami W. bom-bon. Indian
Hilt and Old Crow whiskies, oriel,
nally distilled in America. R had
been exported to Ci!it:ida. routed
ii rid stnrntiod and re-expnrted to
the Ttimini Wbind Frm Wminl It
was snnmcled to the Florida mi In
land, the !trnt Fatd. nnd loaded
on the rfof';ht car at Jacksonville.
HAH. STORM RUINS
OKLAHOMA CROPS
r.oht1 pr.-w f-aMl Wire)
OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla.. Mav
Ft HHl storms and torrential
fains, doing rveTt dainarp to crTs,
have pccompanir-d ilevastattng
itd Into parts of the southwest.
KiL'ht counties of northwestern
Oklahoma wern swept by hall
s tonus last niubt. Leaves were
trippc! from trees, Hvesfoi'k wm
I ii Im red. and home were damaged.
ReTKrts fiom Woods. A'f'Mfa,
Woodward. Grant. Rocer Mollis,
Dewev. Maior and Custer counties
all fold of ruined cmns. hammered
into the irround bv hail stones. The
storm was accompanied bv a de
luge of rain, which varied from one
to three inches throughout the
storm area.
M'trh water also is causing
alarm.
PLAN WIUS